Tirupati stampede live updates: The incident occurred when hundreds of devotees jostled for tickets for the 10-day Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam, which begins on January 10. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will visit Tirupati today to meet people who were injured in a stampede that broke out as people jostled for tokens for Vaikunta Dwara darshan at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple. Tirupati stampede updates: Jostling among hundreds of devotees for tickets to a religious event in Tirupati , Andhra Pradesh, is suspected to have caused the stampede that claimed at least six ... Here’s all we know about it. Tirupati stampede Devotees from all over the nation flocked to the Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on the Tirumala Hills on Wednesday morning, two days prior to the Vaikunta Ekadasi festival, to obtain up tokens for the annual Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam at more than 90 ticket counters. Tokens were being distributed at MGM High School in Bairagipatteda near the Vishnu Nivasam temple. By evening, the crowd became unruly, leading to pushing and jostling, which killed ...
